There has been a debate on the introduction of e-pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The health ministry has now permitted licensees to deliver medicines at home. Amidst the controversy on introducing e-pharmacies and the purchase of medications online, the union health ministry has permitted all Indian licensees to deliver medicines at home since March this year. The health ministry has also declared that e-pharma is essentially nomenclature.
The move aimed to make drugs easily available to the consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conditions for the licensee to dispense the medicines include: The licensee should submit their valid ID proofs along with an email ID to the licensing authorities. The drugs can be supplied at doorsteps only if the patient and the licensee are located within the same district. In patients with chronic conditions, the drugs should be dispensed…
